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Confirmations committee approves several appointees; dry-cleaning exchange raises ethics question
Summary
The Alabama Senate Confirmations Committee unanimously approved multiple board and commission nominees, including six dry-cleaning board appointees heard en masse, while an exchange about a offer to clean suits prompted a committee member to flag a possible quid pro quo ethics concern.
The Alabama Senate Confirmations Committee approved a slate of board and commission nominees during a meeting that included unanimous votes to confirm six dry-cleaning board appointees en masse and to approve separate nominees to the Sickle Cell Oversight Commission and the Underground and Aboveground Storage Tank Trust Fund Management Board.
A county commissioner who spoke in support of nominees said the group has overseen "about $4,000,000 in the past 20 plus years working on cleanup in the state of Alabama" and that the voluntary board finally has enough people willing to serve. The commissioner…
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